MATERIAL DE PRACTICA LENGUA EXTRANJERA INGLES 6TO LENGUAS

READING COMPREHENSION

TEXT 1

Read the text and answer the questions

1. What did explorers find?

2. What did they want?

3. What did they find out?

4. Who is Paulina Zelitsky?

5. What has Manuel Iturralde

studied?
 TEXT 2

Read the text and answer the questions

1. How many personal computers are there in households around the world?

2. When was the first computer invented?

3. According to the writer, what are the advantages to life without a computer? (Write at lists two
advantages)

4. What are the computers` uses?

5. How has computer technology improved people lives?

TEXT 3

1) Read the following text from Kelly’s diary

Dear diary
I came back from my holiday last night. It was a really amazing one. Until 10 th December last year, I didn’t know
what to do or where to go on holiday but my Colombian friend, Danny invited me to spend Christmas and New
Year with him. So I went to Colombia!
I arrived in Santa Marta, a city on the Caribbean coast, on the 20th December. After I unpacked my suitcase, Danny
and I cycled to the beach which is only three blocks away from my friend’s summer house. First, we put on our
wet suits and went skiing. Then we sunbathed and had some delicious fruit juice. The day before Christmas Eve
we joined a group of Danny’s friends and we all went rafting. It was a bit scary but wonderful!. We had a lot of fun
together! In the evening, all the shops were open so I did some shopping. I bought some Christmas presents for
Danny and my new group of friends. Fortunately, I didn’t spend much money because there were some special
offers.
On Christmas, and New Year’s days, we all got together at Danny’s and enjoyed ourselves a lot. We had dinner
and sang Christmas carols and old pop songs too. We danced and celebrated until around 5 a.m. both occasions!
When the celebrations finished, we all planed some activities to do together everyday. It didn’t rain at all so we
played beach volleyball, went on a boat trip and did tai chi on the beach. One day, I went skydiving and I enjoyed
myself very much!
On the day my departure, everybody was sad. I cried because I didn’t want to leave my friends. But they promised
to visit me soon! To tell you the truth, I’d like to fly to Colombia right now to see them again! I miss them too
much…

2) CIRCLE THE VERBS IN THE PAST SIMPLE (REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS) (marca los
verbos en pasado en el texto)

3) CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION IN THE SENTENCES BELOW

a- Kelly had a boring/spectacular holiday in Colombia.
b- At the beginning of December, Kelly knew/didn’t know where to go on holiday.
c- Kelly and Danny went to the beach by bicycle/on foot.
d- Kelly met/didn’t meet Danny’s family during her holiday in Colombia.
e- Kelly wants/doesn’t want to go to Colombia again.
4) ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
1-Where in Colombia did Kelly spend her holiday?
____________________________________________________
2-Was Danny’s summer house far away from the beach?
____________________________________________________
3-What activities did they all do on the beach after Christmas and New year?
____________________________________________________
4-Did Kelly enjoy the trip?
____________________________________________________

GRAMMAR

PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS : STRUCTURES AND USES

PRESENT SIMPLE VS PRESENT CONTINUOUS EXERCISES

Put the verbs into the correct tense (present simple OR present continuous):
1. The train always ________________(1: leave) on time.
2. "What's the matter? Why ________________(2: cry/you)?"
3. That's strange. They________________(3: not to watch) TV.
4. He________________(4: not to speak) very good English.
5. Please be quiet! I________________(5: do) my homework.
6. Where________________(6: live/they)?
7. Listen! John ________________ music! (7: play)
8. I never ________________(8: go) to the swimming pool.
9. Harold Black's a famous pianist. He________________(9: give) two or three concerts every week. He
________________(10: travel) a lot and this week he's in New York. He________________(11: stay) at an
expensive hotel. He's at his hotel now. He________________(12: have) his breakfast in the dining−room.
He________________(13: drink) a cup of coffee and he________________(14: read) a newspaper.
Harold's always very busy. He________________(15: play) the piano regularly. He________________(16:
practise) for four hours every day. He________________(17: go) to bed late and he always
________________(18: get up) early. But he sometimes________________(19: get) dressed too quickly,
and this morning he________________(20: wear) one blue sock and one red one!

Choose the correct form for each verb.

1. Marie-Claude isn't a Canadian. I ________ she comes from France

A. believe B. am believing

2. Look! Junko ________ into the water.

A. jumps B. is jumping

3. I ________ you're crazy!

A. think B. am thinking

4. Don't give Jan any cheese. She ________ it!

A. hates B. is hating

5. I ________ to Toronto next Thursday. Do you want to come?

A. go B. am going

6. Once a week, I ________ to an art class at the college.

A. go B am going

7. I ________ lunch in the cafeteria every day.

A. have B. am having

8. Salman is rich — he ________ a Mercedes.

A. drives B. is driving

9. You won't find Jerry at home right now. He ________ in the library.

A. studies B. is studying

10. It ________ quite hard — perhaps we shouldn't go out tonight.

A. snows B. is snowing
Put the verb in brackets in the correct form (present simple or present continuous)

Next week, my friends and I _________ (go) camping in the woods. I ____________ (organize) the food, because I
_____________ (like) cooking. Dave ________________ (have) a big car with a trailer, so he _____________ (plan) the
transportation. Sam ______________ (bring) the tent — he ___________ (go) camping every year, so he _________
(have) a great tent and lots of other equipment. My wife _______ (think) we're crazy. She (like) _______________
holidays in comfortable hotels, so she ______________ (take) a trip to Paris instead.

Present Simple or Continuous? Choose the correct alternative(s) in the sentences 1-8 below.

1 Today she ’s spending/spends time with her grandmother.

2 They usually are going/go to the gym on Sundays.

3 We ’re having/have a barbecue later on. Do you want to come?

4 No, she can’t answer the phone, she has/is having a shower.

5 I always have/am having a coffee before I ’m leaving/leave for work in the morning.

6 They sometimes fly/are flying to Sweden, but usually they are going/go by boat.

7 Where are you? I ’m sitting/sit outside in the sunshine!

8 He always brings/is bringing a monolingual dictionary to his English class.

 READ AND FILL IN WITH THE PAST FORM OF THE GIVEN VERBS

1. Last holiday my friends and I (go) to the Safari Park in Bogor.

2. We (leave) home at two o'clock in the morning.

3. It (take) us more than 5 hours to reach Puncak.

4. We (arrive) in Puncak at about 9 o'clock.

5. We (be) very hungry.

6. So, we (enter) a restaurant to have breakfast.

7. After breakfast, we (continue) the trip to Bogor.

8. But, there (be) a traffic jam.

9. So, we (decide) to walk.

10. When the traffic started to move again, we (get) back into the car.

11. At around half past twelve in the afternoon, we (reach) the Safari Park.

12. We (spend) one hour in the Safari Park.

13. Then, we (eat) lunch at a restaurant.

14. The driver (drive) us back home at 7 p.m. after a little shopping.

15. We (feel) very happy but tired when we got home.

 VERB TENSES FOR NARRATIVES

PAST SIMPLE TENSE PAST CONTINUOUS

TENSE

THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE IS USED TO EXPRESS ACTIONS OR EVENTS THAT HAPPENED AT AN SPECIFIC PAST TIME.

“I phoned Peter last night”

“ We had a car accident a week ago”

THE PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE IS USED TO EXPRESS AN ACTION IN PROGRESS DURING A PAST TIME.

“ Peter was having dinner”

“It was raining heavily”

Both tenses THE PAST SIMPLE and THE PAST CONTINUOUS are used in combinations in narratives to express the
following ideas :
1. Use the past simple + past simple to talk about a sequence of events
Example : “ I got home from work and I phoned Peter”

2. Use the past continuous + past simple combo to talk about an ongoing action that was interrupted by
another event.
Example: “ When I phoned Peter, he was having dinner”

Peter was having dinner when I phoned him”

“ I phoned Peter while he was having dinner.”

“ While Peter was having dinner, I phoned him”

3. Use the past continuous + past continuous to describe two simultaneous events (=two events that
were happening at the same time).

Example : As it was raining heavily, we were driving back home.

We were driving back home as it was raining heavily

While it was raining heavily, we were driving back home.

 We were driving back home while it was raining heavily

Complete the following sentences with the correct form (Past Simple or Past Continuous).
1. A: What (you, do) ___________________ when you heard that noise?
B: I (try) ___________________ to change a light bulb that had burnt out.
2. After I (find) ___________________ the wallet full of money, I (go,
immediately)___________________ to the police and (turn) ___________________ it in.
3. The doctor (say) ___________________ that Brian (be) _________________ too weak to go to
work and that he (need) ___________________ to stay at home for a couple of days.
4. My best friend (arrive) ___________________ at my house a little before 9:00 pm, but I (be, not)
___________________ there. I (study) ___________________ at the library for my final examination in
Italian.
5. John is in the living room working on his computer. At this time yesterday, he (work, also)
___________________ on his computer. That's all he ever does!
6. I (call) ___________________ you last night after dinner, but you (be, not)___________________
there. Where were you?
B: I (work) ___________________ out at the gym.
7. When I (walk) ___________________ into the busy office, the secretaries
(talk)___________________ on the phone with customers, a clerk (work, busily)___________________
at his desk, and two managers (discuss, quietly) ___________________ methods to improve
customer service.
8. I (watch) ___________________ a thriller on T.V. when the electricity went out. Now I am never
going to find out how the film ends.
9. Samantha (be) ___________________ in the room when Bob (tell)
___________________ me what happened, but she didn't hear anything because she (be, listen)
___________________ to music.
10. It's strange that you (call) ___________________ because I (think, just)
___________________ about you.
Fill in the gaps with the right forms of the verbs in brackets to complete the following
English sentences in Present Perfect Tense.
1. They London this month. (leave)

2. He a lot of English papers. (bring)

3. She me about it. (tell)

4. I a long letter from father this week. (get)

5. She (just) ; she will speak to you in a minute. (come)

6. I to Radio City. (be)

7. I think the director the town. (leave)

8. I my office. (paint)

9. We her since she arrived to our city. (know)

10. I your name. (forget)

11. He the door. (close)

12. He it since we left him. (do)

13. I him my last penny. (give)

14. This order to many misunderstandings. (lead)

15. He his name on my book. (write)

16. She a new umbrella. (buy)

17. He my exercise over and over. (look)

18. I those books very cheaply. (buy)

19. He for two months. (work)

20. She a new job. (find)

Fill in the correct form of the verb in brackets: Past Simple or Present Perfect Simple 1. The
weather around here ________________ terrible in the last few weeks. (BE) 2. Maria
________________ her suitcase last night. (PACK) 3. I ____________________ volleyball since
I was a teenager. (NOT PLAY) 4. We ____________________ wash the dishes. They're all clean
now (HELP) 5. They ____________________ the factory. – Really? When
______________________? (CLOSE, THAT HAPPEN) 6.
__________________________________ yet? (YOUR BUSINESS COURSE – START) 7. How long
____________________ that camera? – About a month. I ____________________ it because
it was on sale just before Christmas. (YOU HAVE, BUY) 8. _______________________ last
week's magazine? – It must be here because I ________________ it on Monday. (YOU SEE,
BUY) 9. The books you ordered ____________________. The delivery service
____________________ them an hour ago. (ARRIVE, BRING) 10.The Queen
____________________ her two-week tour through Australia yesterday. (START) 11.The plane
from New York _________________. The passengers are getting out. (JUST LAND) 12.We
____________________ a party at school for ages. (NOT HAVE) 13.I ____________________ a
cold in school a few days ago and ____________________ ill ever since. (CATCH, BE)
14.Dinosaurs ____________________ around the earth millions of years ago. (WANDER)
15.Prices ____________________ up last year, but they ____________________ by 8%
already this year. (NOT GO, INCREASE) 16.I'm so tired. I ____________________ all the way to
the underground station. (WALK) 17.We ____________________ home from our holidays and
getting ready to settle in. (JUST COME) 18.She ____________________ in London for three
years. However, when her mom __________ , she ____________________ to Leeds and
____________________ there ever since. (LIVE, DIE, MOVE, LIVE) 19.Dusty
____________________ a match so far this year. He is more successful than last year, when he
____________________ the first three matches. (NEVER LOSE, LOSE) 20.He
____________________ off the ladder and ____________________ his ankle. That's why he
____________________ in school for a while. (FALL, BREAK, NOT BE)